51yo Gelding Hits Mainstream Media

What was the age of the oldest horse you have ever seen? Twenty years? How about 30? Well, that doesn't even start to compare to Shayne, the 51-year-old elder statesmen of the Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary in Chelmsford, England.

"Shayne is a really good boy," the sanctuary's founder, Sue Burton, has been quoted a saying in an article by The Sun. "He is still very active — sometimes we forget how old he is.

"I guess his secret to a long life is taking it easy in his old age and enjoying his retirement."

The report explains that Shayne, a liver chestnut Irish Draught cross, is fed four times a day. The gelding's high-calorie diet consists of fibre, alfalfa nuts, sugar beet and chaff mixed together, and he is also apparently partial to a bit of cabbage to help keep his weight at 480kg.

The Sun article has also stated that Shayne lives in the same town as 'Pip,' a 24-year-old terrier-whippet cross, who was named the world's oldest dog this past December.